The superhero team-based PVP shooter from Marvel and NetEase Games Marvel Rivals was announced last March and is already in beta on PC. During the PlayStation State of Play livestream on Thursday, fans learned that the game will also release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, with a closed beta coming to the PlayStation platform soon.
Marvel Rivals is a free-to-play game featuring a huge roster of Marvel heroes and villains, with 18 confirmed characters so far: Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Groot, Hulk, Iron Man, Loki, Luna Snow, Magik, Magneto, Mantis, Namor , Peni Parker, Rocket Raccoon, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Man, Storm, Star-Lord and The Punisher. The premise revolves around converging timelines and multiple Doctor Dooms, with procedures overseen by Galactus’ daughter Galacta, but really what matters is Marvel Rivals is to see these popular and mega-powerful characters team up and use their diverse skills in battle.
In an earlier interview with Polygon about Marvel Rivals, game director Thaddeus Sasser – who has also worked on series such as Call of Duty, Battlefield and Ghost Recon for twenty years – emphasized that all those different superpowers are definitely the fun part. “Having magical superpowers in a multiplayer game is something that hasn’t really been shot yet,” he said. “It’s still relatively fresh and new, and the way we’re doing it, and some of the tricks we’ve pulled out, should be pretty exciting for new players.”
